Urban Design in the Real Estate Development Process

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Contributors.

1 Real Estate Development, Urban Design and the Tools Approach to Public Policy (Steve Tiesdell and David Adams).

Introduction.

Real estate development.

Opportunity space theory.

The tools approach to public policy.

Shaping instruments.

Regulatory instruments.

Stimulus instruments.

Capacity-building instruments.

Developers' decision environments.

2 Masterplanning and Infrastructure in New Communities in Europe (Nicholas Falk).

Introduction.

Differences between the UK and Europe.

Challenges for sustainable development.

European success stories.

Joined-up planning in the Randstad.

Conclusion: lessons for the UK.

3 Design Coding: Mediating the Tyrannies of Practice (Matthew Carmona).

Introduction.

The three tyrannies.

From development standards to design codes.

The research findings.

Conclusion.

4 Proactive Engagement in Urban Design – The Case of Chelmsford (Tony Hall).

Introduction.

Making the turnaround.

The need for negotiation.

Two examples.

Reflections on the developers' response.

Conclusion.

5 Plot Logic: Character-Building Through Creative Parcelisation (Tim Love and Christina Crawford).

Introduction.

Setting the rules.

Parcelling and subdivision strategies.

The primacy of the urban realm.

The pitfalls of flexibility.

Economic viability of low-scale, densely distributed buildings.

Alternative models.

Conclusion.

6 The Business of Codes: Urban Design Regulation in an Entrepreneurial Society (Nicholas J. Marantz and Eran Ben-Joseph).

Introduction.

Zoning America.

Developing America.

Designing the American future.

Conclusion.

7 Good Design in the Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites (Paul Syms and Andrew Clarke).

Introduction.

Redeveloping and reusing brownfield sites: the policy and regulatory context.

Stimulus instruments in practice.

Conclusion.

8 Competitions as a Component of Design-Led Development (Place) Procurement (Steven Tolson).

Introduction.

The place promoter.

The deliverer and competition participant.

The (end) place matters most.

The competition.

Conclusion.

9 Design Review – An Effective Means of Raising Design Quality? (John Punter).

Introduction.

Origins, emergence and critiques of design review internationally.

The typology of design review in England, Scotland and Wales.

National design review: the genesis of CABE’s procedures and processes.

How design review can increase the opportunity space for design.

The effectiveness of design review.

Conclusions: design review and the quality of development control.

10 'Business as Usual?' – Exploring the Design Response of UK Speculative Housebuilders to the Brownfield Development Challenge (David Adams and Sarah Payne).

Introduction.

The design debate around speculative housing development.

The conventional approach to design and construction in speculative housebuilding.

Responding to the challenge of brownfield development.

Conclusion.

11 Physical-Financial Modelling as an Aid to Developers' Decision-Making (John Henneberry, Eckart Lange, Sarah Moore, Ed Morgan and Ning Zhao).

Introduction.

Design quality and development viability.

Visualisation and financial appraisal.

Conclusion.

12 Design Champions – Fostering a Place-Making Culture and Capacity (Steve Tiesdell).

Introduction.

The UK local government context.

The design champion as change agent.

Edinburgh's design champion initiative.

Conclusion.

13 Value Creation Through Urban Design (Gary Hack and Lynne B. Sagalyn).

Introduction.

Design and development projects.

Strategies for enhancing value.

Coupling urban design and development.

14 Connecting Urban Design to Real Estate Development (Steve Tiesdell and David Adams).

Introduction.

Urban design and development economics.

Opportunity space and developer–designer relations.

Policy choices and policy design.

Towards a research agenda.

References.

Index.